Sunday, July 1, 2007

EXTERNAL PHOTOS I: ECTROPIONWE TYPICALLY TAKE EXTERNAL PHOTOS WITH A DIGITAL SLR TO DOCUMENTCONDITIONS TO BE TREATED WITH COSMETIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES. THISPHOTO OF AN ECTROPION LEFT LOWER LID WAS CAPTURED WITH ANIKON D50, 105MM LENS, AND SB-600 SPEEDLIGHT

AN ECTROPION IS A SAGGING EYE LID THAT LEAVES THE EYE EXPOSED AND DRY.MOST COMMON IN PATIENTS OVER 60, THE ECTROPION IS THE RESULT OF A LACKOF TONE N THE MUSCLES THAT KEEP THE LID TAUGHT AGAINST THE EYE.EXCESSIVE TEARING AND IRRITATION ARE PRIMARY SYMPTOMS,HOWEVER CONSTANT WIPING OF THE EYE CAN MAKE THE CONDITION WORSE.THIS PATIENT WILL UNDERGO A blepharoplasty ectropion repairTO TIGHTEN THE LID BACK UP.

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I AM A GRADUATE OF THE RANDOLPH COMMUNITY COLLEGE PHOTOGRAPHIC TECHNOLOGY: BIO-COMMUNICATIONS PHOTOGRAPHY PROGRAM. I AM CURRENTLY PURSUING CAREER IN OPHTHALMIC PHOTOGRAPHY AT CAROLINA EYE ASSOCIATES IN PINEHURST, NC, AS AN ANGIOGRAPHER IN THEIR IMAGING DEPARTMENT.